Bassham Selected as New Postmaster
Matt Bassham will be named Postmaster of The Lexington Post Office, on September 15, 2018.
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Article by W. Clay Crook-
On September 15, 2018, Matt Bassham will become the thirtieth postmaster for the Lexington Post Office. Former postman and historian, Harry Scott, said that the Lexington Post Office was created in 1824, and has had ninety-four postmasters during that time. “Matt will be only the second of the postmasters at Lexington to be chosen from an employee of the Lexington Post Office, a unique distinction, and a well deserved promotion,” said Scott. Bassham started with the U.S. Post Office in 1998 as a mail handler in downtown Memphis, and became a Postal Supervisor in 2000, working at several Memphis locations. He then became…
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I need to know what can be done about the mail service at 825 Old Flanagan Road. I have Informed Delivery and I have never had it to be wrong. The carrier is coming thru this road and at times not even stopping at the box. Today I should have had a Lexington Progress paper along with other items of first class mail. Box was empty. My neighbor
saw the carrier pass without stopping at my box or theirs. I would like for you to see a picture from January that I
have kept where an Amazon box was propped on top of my box and left. Anyone that comes by my driveway knows
that I cannot even see my mailbox from the house. It is away back from the road and there is a rise at the road
that prevents me seeing the box, not even the top of it, nor can I see my house from the mail box. This is totally
unacceptable and I have declined to file a complaint until today when the carrier so obviously drove right by without
even stopping to leave my mail.
I need to know what can be done about the mail service on Old Flanagan Road. My address is 825. I have Informed Delivery and have never had the information be wrong. At times the carrier is coming thru without even stopping at the box. This is happening with both me and my next door neighbor. Today was one of those days. They saw the carrier
pass by without even stopping at their box. My house is away back from the road and i cannot even see my box but
I should have had a Lexington Progress paper along with other first class items of mail. They should have at least had a paper also. In January an Amazon box was left propped on top of my box and anyone can see that I cannot
view my mailbox from my house, nor can my house be seen from the road. This is totally unacceptable and anyone
could have come along and swiped that package right off the box, almost without stopping. It is difficult enough right now
to even get mail from Memphis to the Lexington post office. We should not have this kind of service in delivery. I have a picture of the Amazon box that was left on my box if you would like to see it.